I bear witness to you that the story of the babe born in the manger at Bethlehem is not a myth of the past, but that Jesus, the Son of God was born of Mary into mortality; that he lived among men; that he died upon the cross and was resurrected; that he actually and truly lives today; and that he is a personal being and is the Savior of the world.


Howard W. Hunter. The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, ed. Clyde J. Williams (1997), 4. as found in “He Lives! The Witness of Latter-day Prophets,” Ensign, Mar 2008, 8–11